WRITING THE VOID IN 25 SIMPLE STEPSEverybody hates writing advice, but people can’t seem to stop giving it. Clearly, I’m no better. When Flannery O’Connor was asked if she worried that writing programs were stifling writers, she responded, “They don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” In that grand spirit, I hope these prove useful.